Senior Hardware Engineer
Cornellá de Llobregat,
Spain
As a senior hardware engineer, you will lead the design, development, validation, and technical support of complex electronic systems aimed at applications in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and aerospace environments. Your responsibility will be to ensure the reliability, robustness, traceability, and regulatory compliance of the electronic solutions that make up the critical systems for mission, flight control, navigation, communication, and payload.
Your work will encompass everything from defining hardware architectures to flight validation, actively participating in strategic technical decisions, component selection, sensor and autopilot integration, and ensuring the electromagnetic and thermal compatibility of the systems. You will collaborate closely with firmware, GNC, integration, certification, and production, serving as a technical reference for the engineering team within the framework of aerospace product development.
Responsibilities
- Design digital and analog electronic circuits applied to embedded systems in UAS.
- Define hardware architectures for flight control systems, redundant power supply, data acquisition, and communications (RF, LoRa, 4G, Satcom).
- Integrate sensors (IMU, GNSS, barometers, cameras, LiDAR) and autopilots (PX4, ArduPilot, etc.).
- Lead design reviews, signal analysis, simulations, and functional and environmental verification.
- Coordinate the manufacturing of prototypes and their validation through functional, thermal, and EMC testing in accordance with DO-160 and MIL-STD-461.
- Document technical specifications, diagrams, testing procedures, and test results.
- Collaborate with firmware and GNC to ensure hardware-software compatibility and precise timing synchronization.
- Provide technical support for production and platform integration, including system installation on aircraft.
- Participate in continuous improvement processes, obsolescence management, and technical standardization.
- Supervise and mentor junior or technical profiles within the electronic team.
Must have
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronic Engineering, Aerospace, Telecommunications, or similar.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in electronic design in the aerospace, aerospace, defense, or UAS sectors.
- Proficiency in electronic design tools (Altium, KiCad, OrCAD).
- Advanced knowledge of buses and protocols (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, MAVLink).
- Integration of aeronautical sensors and communications in UAS platforms.
- Circuit simulation, signal integrity analysis, thermal analysis, and EMC.
- Knowledge of regulations DO-160, STANAG, MIL-STD-461/810, CE, EMC.
- Design for Manufacturing (DfM), Design for Test (DfT), and Design for Reliability (DfR).
Desirable
- Experience with commercial and open-source autopilots (PX4, ArduPilot, Cube, etc.).
- Knowledge of UAS certification regulations (SORA, EASA Part 21, STANAG 4703).
- Experience with payload integration (EO/IR, multispectral cameras, specific sensors).
- High level of technical English (C1).
- Basic knowledge of development in C/C++ for embedded systems.
What is good about work?
- Great team of smart people, in a friendly and open culture
- Without stupid tools, without rigid work hours.
- No time wasted in business processes, real responsibilities, and autonomy
- Expand your knowledge in the aerospace industry.
- Create documentation and content that helps our employees on a daily basis.
- Real responsibilities and challenges in a rapidly evolving company
Our product
What we offer
Every employee has the opportunity to see the impact of their work. You can make a real contribution to the success of the company. Various activities are organized throughout the year, such as weekly sports activities, events to promote teamwork, a monthly gathering, and much more!
Competitive salary
In addition to opportunities for growth and recognition.
Good work environment
A young, dynamic team full of energy.
Break room / kitchen
Integrated into our facilities for you to take a break and disconnect
Free parking
Car and motorcycle parking at the same company and free
